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In 1998, the College acquired both these lighthouses from the U.S. Coast Guard. Both are used as sites for fieldwork in the sciences and the arts.
The College has set up a Global Monitoring Station which receives satellite images of the earth's surface, weather maps and information from different parts of the world, international news faxes, and amateur and short wave news broadcasts. Students have used the station to study seasonal ice changes in northern Canada, shifting patterns of the gulf stream, and the development of severe weather systems. The short wave and fax equipment allows students to keep abreast of the latest information on national and international crises.
College of the Atlantic's Rainwise Monopod Sensor Support System is a solar-powered, versatile weather station that can accommodate a variety of remote sensors. The Monopod records wind speed and direction, rainfall, air temperatures, relative humidity, solar radiation, hours of sunlight, soil temperature, and soil moisture. Moreover, the data can be downloaded onto a computer by either telephone modem or radio communications.
Through cooperative agreements COA students can participate in the research programs of the Jackson Laboratory, a world center for mammalian genetic research, and the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, which examines biological and environmental problems.
Under the exchange agreement between College of the Atlantic and the University of Maine in Orono, students may cross-register for undergraduate courses and have library privileges.
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